There are 25 article(s) tagged Henri Brooks:

• October 2024

  • TIF, TIF: County Commission approves suburban tax incentives

    The economic impact plans for new mixed-use projects in Arlington and Lakeland will help with infrastructure costs.

    By Michael Waddell October 29, 2024

  • County Commission retreat gets at what makes it tick — and what makes it go off

    The Shelby County Commission met for a retreat where the aim was to get at the working relationship among the body of 13. That relationship has been rocky during the first half of the group’s four-year term.

    By Bill Dries October 08, 2024

• September 2024

  • County Commission backs City Council lawsuit over gun control referendum

    The vote was along party lines with a discussion before the vote that mirrors past discussions about “building relationships” in Nashville versus “standing up to bullies.”

    By Bill Dries September 09, 2024

• June 2024

  • State Supreme Court rules against Henri Brooks in adoption scandal suit

    The Shelby County commissioner sued the state after learning, at age 72, that she was among the children adopted through the old Tennessee Children’s Home Society led by Georgia Tann.

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2024

  • Opinion: the TIF game in Shelby County has changed forever

    “It is up to all of us to make sure Shelby County doesn’t just get sold to the highest bidder, but that we develop the city in a democratic and equitable way.”

    By Henri E. Brooks June 09, 2024

• February 2024

  • Henri Brooks takes state to court as a survivor of black-market adoption ring

    County Commissioner Henri Brooks found out three years ago she was adopted through the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, a notorious black-market adoption operation. Her lawsuit against the state could open a “floodgate.”

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2024

• January 2024

  • Minerva Johnican Building honors ‘trailblazer’ in earlier era of change

    The former county commissioner, city council member and Criminal Court clerk who died in 2013 was remembered Thursday, Jan. 11, as the marker bearing her name was unveiled outside the 99-year-old building.

    By Bill Dries January 11, 2024

  • County Commission to start 2024 by diving into parliamentary procedure

    Shelby County commissioners start the new year Monday, Jan. 8, with a short agenda and a deeper dive into the details and rules of getting to votes on resolutions and ordinances.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2024

• March 2023

  • County Commission Scorecard: Wanda Halbert’s adviser and reparations

    The Daily Memphian’s County Commission Scorecard looks at the Feb. 22 commission meeting that was moved and covered two controversial topics, racial reparations and a special adviser for County Clerk Wanda Halbert.

    By Bill Dries March 14, 2023

• February 2023

  • County leaders consider potential hip-hop museum

    The museum project is still in early stages, but County Commissioners have already provided feedback. 

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2023

• December 2022

  • County Commission approves $1.3M one-time funding contract for MATA

    The $1.3 million is one-time money for the city’s bus system. Meanwhile, commissioner Henri Brooks voted against three grants made by other commissioners.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2022

  • County Commissioners ‘stunned’ by 3G deal press release

    Some Shelby County Commissioners didn’t care for how terms of the deal that would transfer two Germantown namesake schools to the City of Germantown were made public.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2022

• November 2022

  • Klondike redevelopment financing vote advances despite push for delay

    Commissioner Henri Brooks, whose district includes Klondike, sought again to delay the second of three votes on a TIF district for the redevelopment of the residential area. Other Democratic commissioners on the body moved forward.

    By Bill Dries November 15, 2022

  • Financing for Klondike redevelopment clears first hurdle

    The trust fund for city and county property taxes earmarked for the redevelopment area cleared the first of three votes before the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries November 01, 2022

• October 2022

  • Shelby County Commission votes on ethics, Klondike redevelopment and voter education

    The Monday, Oct. 31, commission meeting sees a final vote on a change to how a county ethics officers is chosen. So far, there has been little public discussion by the body of the measure.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2022

  • County Commission delays final vote on how chief ethics officer is picked

    With no discussion, the commission sent the ordinance back to committee for more discussion. Meanwhile, the commission set dates for appointing four more judicial commissioners.

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2022

• September 2022

  • County Commission fills vacancies, reviews second-term appointments

    At the second meeting of the new term of office Monday, Sept. 26, county commissioners appoint three new judicial commissioners and set the dates for filling a Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seat. 

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2022

  • County Commission Scorecard: Settling an old score in a new term

    The Commission Scorecard tracks votes on an attempt to change who investigates ethics complaints and selection of a new chairman and chairman pro tempore at the first meeting of the term.

    By Bill Dries September 19, 2022

  • Henri Brooks returns to commission, proposes changes to office that investigated her

    The ordinance would take the power to appoint the county ethics officer away from the county attorney’s office. It comes eight years after that office investigated whether Brooks lived in the commission district she represented, and concluded she didn’t.

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    Shelby County Commission weighs forming public safety committee in wake of recent violence

    By Bill Dries September 13, 2022

• June 2022

  • Recount confirms Henri Brooks, Miska Clay-Bibbs won Democratic primaries for County Commission

    The recount requested by two second-place finishers in the May primaries and approved by the state Democratic party’s primary board did not change the certified results.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

  • Recounts underway in two Democratic County Commission districts

    The Shelby County Election Commission has until Monday to complete the process for primary races that each got fewer than 3,000 votes.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2022

  • Two races in Shelby County Democratic primaries get recount

    The Tennessee Democratic Party’s primary board ordered recounts for the Shelby County Commission Districts 7 and 11 races.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2022

• May 2022

  • Election Commission certifies Shelby County May primary results

    The certified results show more than 100 additional votes than the election night unofficial totals in the one-candidate Republican primary races for Shelby County Mayor and District Attorney General. 

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2022

• January 2022

  • Henri Brooks seeks return to county government in 2022 primaries

    The former county commissioner has pulled petitions to seek a return to the County Commission or to run for Juvenile Court Clerk. 

    By Bill Dries January 12, 2022

• February 2020

  • Commission panel has suggestions on monitoring employee residency

    Committee recommendations include an annual certification of residency for Shelby County employees.

    By Linda A. Moore February 29, 2020